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Patrick T. Michael, Partner

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Legal Services
Complex Commercial Litigation
Technology Litigation
Unfair Competition, Restrictive Covenants, and Trade Secrets
Patent Litigation
Trademark/Copyright Litigation
Law School
Pepperdine University
JD, 1993
Law School
California
Practice Contacts
Central District of California
Eastern District of California
Northern District of California
Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
 

Patrick Michael is a litigation partner in the firm's San Francisco office who focuses on the representation of technology-sector companies in patent infringement and trade secret matters.

Recent cases Mr. Michael has handled include representing a publicly held interactive media company in patent infringement lawsuits venued in California and Texas; representing a major supplier of wafer fabrication equipment in the enforcement of its patent rights; and arbitrating an international trade secret and breach of confidence dispute before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. He also has significant experience handling other intellectual property, licensing, and unfair competition matters.


Honors and Awards

Mr. Michael received the Pro Bono Advocate Award from Legal Services for Children in 2007.


Activities

Mr. Michael is a member of the California (Business Law and Intellectual Property sections), American, and San Francisco bar associations, as well as the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He is also active in pro bono matters, representing clients seeking political asylum, guardianship, and school discipline matters.


Education

Mr. Michael received a B.A. in Business Economics in 1989 from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He received a J.D., cum laude, in 1993 from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he served as notes and comments editor for the Pepperdine Law Review.

 
 
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